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Comment by guacamolly

There are waves of adds that must be tanked and killed with bombs. Have your healer focus on your tank while your dps avoid fire and attack the Amberwing when he flies down. You must kill the Sik'thik Amberwing before the boss reaches the stairs and engages. Once the boss hits the top of the platform, the Sik'thik Amberwing does not fly into range. He flies down a total of four times, and no more.

Happy achieving!

Comment by grevios

Despite the height that the add hovers at, melee DPS can in fact reach it, but they need to stand almost directly underneath it.

Comment by Clickey

Despite what the tooltip says, this achievement CAN be earned on Challenge Mode, not only Heroic

Comment by taurlos

If your character is well geared, this can be done by just one person focusing on the amberwing while the rest of the party handles the other adds (4 people are more than enough to handle adds). I did this on a PUG with an elemental shaman (ilvl 485).

The amberwing will fly near the edge of the platform, a total of four times. Each tiem it reaches the platform, it will remain there for a few seconds and then it'll fly away and remain well out of range for some time. If you fail to kill it after it has fled away the fourth time, it will not come back and you can't get the achievement.

What I did, was stand on the very edge of the platform. Start spell rotation as soon as it gets within range (which is before it actually reaches the platform). The amberwing will start throwing bombs but they don't hit very hard (just about 25k each), so just ignore them and keep hitting it. If you want to blow a cooldown, use it as soon as it enters range to maximize its usage. Also, as it flies away, depending on your amount of haste you can hit it 1 to 3 more times before it gets out of range.

Blood lust / Time wrap was not necessary but you may need it if gear level is not high enough.

Comment by Sacrolash

The Demolisher waves (second and fourth) are the best time to DPS the Amberwing, since the Demolishers can be taken down in a single spell cast, and one exploding can often kill a few that are nearby. On my Resto Druid, I was able to use Moonfire to kill them instantly, and used my spare moments to keep Moonfire on the Amberwing while using Wrath repeatedly. In those phases, the rest of the DPS was free to attack the Amberwing when it was near the platform, and we could kill it fairly easily. You can also put DOTs on the Amberwing during the first and third add phases, and attack it while the adds are approaching the platform if the sap has been applied to the walkway, which slows the other adds and increases the damage they take.

Comment by Tykes

Do NOT go stealth halfway the fight. It will reset the encouter.

Comment by venjur

So, I have tried this 2 times, killed the Amberwing first time it appears, then Commander at end and failed, then tried second time it appears than Commander at end and failed again, not sure what I am doing wrong...